Clarke County Sheriff: Ray Norris defeats Virgil Chapman

CLARKE COUNTY, Alabama -- Republican candidate Ray Norris, who promised to demote supervisors as he campaigned to become Clarke County sheriff, won the race against Democrat Virgil Chapman and independent candidate Ronnie Overstreet.

“This is the cleanest race that has ever been run in the history of Clarke County," Norris said tonight. V "irgil and I have been friends for years and we will be friends for a long time after this.”

The new sheriff told the Press-Register after the primary election that “we have too many chiefs and not enough Indians.”